16-letter words containing c, i, d
- unfranked income — any income from an investment that does not qualify as franked investment income
- uniformed branch — the branch of a police force in which officers wear a uniform
- unissued capital — authorized capital that has not yet been issued as shares
- united provinces — (used with a singular or plural verb) former name of Uttar Pradesh.
- unparticularized — to make particular.
- unpredictability — not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
- upside-down cake — a cake that is baked on a layer of fruit, then turned before serving so that the fruit is on top.
- vancouver island — an island of SW Canada, off the SW coast of British Columbia: separated from the Canadian mainland by the Strait of Georgia and Queen Charlotte Sound, and from the US mainland by Juan de Fuca Strait; the largest island off the W coast of North America. Chief town: Victoria. Pop: 706 243 (2001). Area: 32 137 sq km (12 408 sq miles)
- vectorcardiogram — the graphic record produced by vectorcardiography.
- veni, vidi, vici — I came, I saw, I conquered
- verbal adjective — an adjective derived from a verb, as, in English, smiling in smiling eyes, or, in Greek, batós “going,” “moving,” derived from baínen “to go,” “to move.”.
- video-conference — A video-conference is a meeting that takes place using video conferencing.
- videodisc player — an electronic device for playing videodiscs through a television set.
- viewing audience — the audience reached by television
- viola da braccio — an old musical instrument of the viol family, held against the shoulder like a violin: superseded by the modern viola.
- vitamin-enriched — having had vitamins added
- voice production — the use of the voice in order to create particular effects
- vulcanized fiber — a leatherlike substance made by compression of layers of paper or cloth that have been treated with acids or zinc chloride, used chiefly for electric insulation.
- walking distance — distance that can easily be walked
- ward christensen — (person) The inventor of XMODEM and of the BBS. Ward did physics in college and programmed mainframes for IBM. Ward and friend Randy Suess set up their BBS on first on 1978-02-16 in Chicago. It ran on an S-100 computer with 64k RAM and two single-sided 8" 250kB diskettes.
- washington, d. c — Booker T(aliaferro) [boo k-er tol-uh-ver] /ˈbʊk ər ˈtɒl ə vər/ (Show IPA), 1856–1915, U.S. reformer, educator, author, and lecturer.
- washington, d.c. — Booker T(aliaferro) [boo k-er tol-uh-ver] /ˈbʊk ər ˈtɒl ə vər/ (Show IPA), 1856–1915, U.S. reformer, educator, author, and lecturer.
- well conditioned — existing under or subject to conditions.
- well-appreciated — to be grateful or thankful for: They appreciated his thoughtfulness.
- well-articulated — made clear or distinct: articulated sounds.
- well-conditioned — existing under or subject to conditions.
- well-disciplined — having or exhibiting discipline; rigorous: paintings characterized by a disciplined technique.
- well-experienced — wise or skillful in a particular field through experience: an experienced teacher.
- western sandwich — a sandwich with a western omelet for a filling.
- wheelchair-bound — unable to walk through injury, illness, etc and relying on a wheelchair to move around
- white blood cell — any of various nearly colorless cells of the immune system that circulate mainly in the blood and lymph and participate in reactions to invading microorganisms or foreign particles, comprising the B cells, T cells, macrophages, monocytes, and granulocytes.
- whited sepulcher — an evil person who feigns goodness; hypocrite. Matt. 23:27.
- whited sepulchre — hypocrite
- wild goose chase — a wild or absurd search for something nonexistent or unobtainable: a wild-goose chase looking for a building long demolished.
- wild honeysuckle — pinxter flower.
- wild-goose chase — a wild or absurd search for something nonexistent or unobtainable: a wild-goose chase looking for a building long demolished.
- windchill factor — an estimated measurement of the cooling effect of air and wind, esp. when applied to the loss of body heat from exposed skin; chill factor
- windscreen wiper — A windscreen wiper is a device that wipes rain from a vehicle's windscreen.
- windy conditions — weather in which there are strong winds
- wisconsin rapids — a city in central Wisconsin.
- with clean hands — innocently
- with due respect — with deserved esteem
- woodland caribou — a variety of caribou inhabiting the bogs and forests of eastern Canada, having large, palmate antlers.
- word association — stimulation of an associative pattern by a word.